Improvement in field-fences



UMTED STATES PA'rruvr OFFICE..

JOEL HEACOOK, OF MARLBOROUGH, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN FIELD-FENCES.V

`Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 65,670, dated June 11, 1867.

vconstructing a panel-fence out of the common split rails used in laying up the ordinary worm-fence, in such a manner that it is selfsustaining and portable, does not occupy as much room, and is much more economical than 'the wor1n-fence, as sixteen rails only are required to make as much fence as forty rails will in the ordinary manner, and any panel may be readily removed in ease an entrance is desired through any portion of the fence.

To enable others to fully understand my improvement, I will describe its construction. I take the desired number of rails A A, lay them down side by side, leaving the proper space or distance between them; then join them by boards or strips B B, which are attached to each rail by nailing the strip on one end of the panel, and it' the rail is crooked or twisted the 'corners are to be hewn oft', and made to fit the other strip. When the panel is thus formed I lay down the sill D in its place where the fence is to stand, set up the panel with the end on the sill, near the middle, and attach it by nailing through the corner of the rail, then jointhe next panel by set-ting it on the same sill, as shown in the drawing. The brace O is then put on by allowing its lower edge to rest ou the third rail, with its upper end E fitting in a notch, e, in the top rail previously made to receive it, its lower end being adjusted before nailing, so as to bring the panels together iirmly, thus answering the double purpose of holding the panels together, as well as in their upright posit-ion. To form the corner of the fence, the brace O and sill D' are secured along the side of the panel, instead of across. There are no posts used, and each panel is independent of the other, and may be easily removed for entranceor repairs.

A eld or farm fence constructed as above described, and of the material specified, possesses several advantages over others in this respect: economy ot' labor and material, and is-very easily constructed, and is easily removed, being portable.

Having thus described my improvement, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Ihe combination and arrangement, herein described,of the rails A A, battens B B, braces O, and sill D, when all are constructed ofthe ordinary split rails, to form the panels of a field-fence, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth and described.

JOEL HEACOGK. Witnesses:

JOSEPH BARNABY, J AMES ARNERMUN. 

